Improvement in stump-extractor



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ISIDORE BEVZENAH, .OFS'IKIMARTIN OHIO.

LetteasPatent No. 92,002, dated June 29, 1869:

IMPROVEMENT IN STUMP-EXTRACTOR.

The Schedule referred t in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

of, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,

making part of this specification.

This invention relates to a maclline wllich is operated or moved from place to place by a single pair ot' Vhorses or oxen, and which 4is intended-to tear stumps from the ground, and 'raise them to a sufficient height to allow the driving of a wagon beneath them, for convenience of loading. In the drawing- Figure l is a plan View of my invention.

Figure 2 represents a vertical section on the linea: x, tig. 1, and shows the machine, with its hooks,

cllaills, Sac., in propel' position preparatory to extracting the stump.

Figure 3 is a vertical section on the line y y, tlg. 1, showing the position ofthe parts ill carrying the stump away, or placing it at a. sutlicient height for a wagon to drive underneath.

`A is an axle-tree, which maybe made about twelve feetin length, and upon whose ends are placed the wheels B.

The saidwheels may have a radius of six feet, and a tread or breadth'of rinl of twelve inches, more or less.

Connected, by straps O, to the axle, is a bifurcated lever or hounds, D, at whose forward elld are two pulley-blocks, E E; or, instead of blocks, the sheaves may be inserted in the body of the lever D.

At the forward elld of the lever D is a clevis-fl'ame, F, which gives journal-bearing to a wheel, G.

To the lower side of the lever Dis attached one end of a chain, H, which passes through a pulleyblock, I; andthrough an eye in the said block is passed a chain, J, having at each end a pointed hook, j.

The free end of the. chain H is. passed through a vertical mort-isc, K, in' the level' D, and bears upon a sheave, k, therein.

From the lnortise, the end ofthe chain is laid over, and engaged-upon a pin, L.

Mortised into the axlev A, at its mld-length, is a'level', M,at whose outer end is a block, N, a rope, O, being l'ove through the blocks E, E', and N.

" At'the rear side ofI the lever M is a bent pin or hook, P, which supports a chain, Q, through the lower -link of which is passed aA chain, R, each end of which has a hook, 1'.

Mortised into the axle A, at right angles thereto, and to the lever M, are the two side-pieces, S, ot' a flame, which has a removable cross-piece or bar, T, to which is mol'tised a level', U, to whose ontel' end may be attached arope, V. A

The cross-bar .L has a hook, vW, at its mid-length.

Tile operation of the machine is as follows:

The team is hitched to the clevis F, and the macllille drawn to sllch a position that the stump is lleal'ly beneath the axle. The lever M is put into an nplight position. The hooks j are made fast beneath theroots of the stulnp, and the chain H drawn taut, and engaged upon the pin L.

The hooks yr ot' the chain R are then engaged beneath olle or lllore of the leading lateral roots, and the chain Q engaged upon the hook P.

The team, then, being unhitched from the clevis, is-

hitched to the cord O, and the latter drawn out through the blocks.

Tile forward movement of the machine, and the raising of the level' D, al'e prevent-ed by the devices I-I I J j and the stump is loosened from the ground bythe downward and forward movement of the level' M, which imparts an upward motion to the chains Q and It.

I t' the roots of' the stump are not entirely withdrawn from the ground, the lever M may be again raised, by the` backward and downward movement of the leverframe S T U, and, a fresh hold being taken on the stump, it is again raised by the means before stated.

lf it is desiredto elevate the stump suliciently to a1,- low the driving of a wagon beneath it, for the purpose of loading it thereon, the chain Q is engaged upon the hook W, when the lever M has been again drawn back, and, the raising-devices being again put in operation, the stump may be lifted as high as desired.

When using the. hook W, as just stated, the chain H is let out sufficiently to bringthe hook into the proper position, inrelation to the stump, by allowing themachine to be moved forward. v

`Wllen Va tree or a stump ot' considerable height is to be operated upon, the cross-bar Tis removed, so as to allow'the machine to operate npoll the Sallie, as otherwise, ill elevatingthe lever M, the cross-bal would come ill contact with the tree.

The block E, or either or all of the blocks, may be 'snatch-blocks, to allow the easy and rapid removal or introduction of the rope.

I claim herein as new, and of my invention- 1. In, combination with the axle A, and wheels B, the grapnel chain J j, block I, ollain'l-I, blocks E EN level' M, and chain or chains Q It r, the level' or hounds D C, as and for the .purpose stated.

2. In combination with the elements A B C D M, the lever-frame S I U, tor the double purpose ot' drawing back the lever M, and of raising the loosened stump clear of. the ground, as set forth.

3. llle provision, ill the lever-frame S T U XV, of the removable portion T U WV, as and for the purpose sta-ted. v

Ill testilnony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

ISIDORE BEZENAH.

Y Witnesses GEO. H. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN. 

